# Task overload - Type: NTSB finding subsection - Path: [Personnel issues](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02) › [Task performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0206) › [Workload management](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/020640) › Task overload - NTSB code: 02064025 - Cases: 18 - In the probable cause: 14 - Fatal cases: 10 - All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02064025/cases.md - Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02064025/cases.md?cause=1 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02064025 ## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all) - 2008: 1 / 1 - 2010: 1 / 1 - 2011: 1 / 1 - 2013: 2 / 2 - 2014: 0 / 1 - 2015: 2 / 2 - 2018: 1 / 1 - 2021: 1 / 1 - 2023: 2 / 3 - 2024: 1 / 3 - 2025: 2 / 2 ## Defining events in these cases - [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 4 cases - [Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241): 3 cases - [Turbulence encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/360): 1 cases - [Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342): 1 cases - [Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300): 1 cases - [Midair collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250): 1 cases - [Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230): 1 cases - [Low altitude operation/event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/220): 1 cases - [Structural icing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/210): 1 cases - [Fuel starvation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/191): 1 cases ## Aircraft models (registry) - [Piper PA 46-350P](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-350p): 1 cases - [Piper PA-31](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31): 1 cases - [Moravana S Otrokovice ZLIN 50LX](https://openairdocs.org/model/moravana-s-otrokovice-zlin-50lx): 1 cases - [Gulfstream AM Corp Comm Div 695A](https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-am-corp-comm-div-695a): 1 cases - [Airbus A321-271N](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a321-271n): 1 cases - [Mcdonnell Douglas MD-88](https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-md-88): 1 cases - [Cirrus Design SR22](https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22): 1 cases - [Cessna 550](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-550): 1 cases - [Cessna 500](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-500): 1 cases - [Cessna 414](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414): 1 cases ## Other findings in the same cases - [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 6 cases - [Incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015) (Personnel issues): 6 cases - [Airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010) (Aircraft): 5 cases - [Angle of attack](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062042) (Aircraft): 4 cases - [Conducive to structural icing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03031025) (Environmental issues): 3 cases - [Use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015) (Personnel issues): 3 cases - [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 3 cases - [Identification/recognition](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041510) (Personnel issues): 3 cases - [Use of checklist](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063030) (Personnel issues): 2 cases - [Forgotten action/omission](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035) (Personnel issues): 2 cases ## Newest cases - [NTSB ANC25LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA117), Oct 1, 2025: Piper PA-31 (N16SC), Kotlik, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear before landing. - [NTSB DCA25MA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25MA108), Jan 30, 2025: Bombardier CL-600-2C10 (N709PS), Washington, DC, destroyed, 67 fatal. Probable cause: The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) placement of a helicopter route in close proximity to a runway approach path; their failure to regularly review and evaluate helicopter routes and… - [NTSB WPR24FA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24FA238), Jul 10, 2024: Air Tractor AT-802A (N10122), Helena, MT, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of situational awareness during the water scoop due to task overload while operating in a multi-airplane tactical firefighting environment, which resulted in the pilot’s failure to… - [NTSB WPR24FA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24FA124), Apr 14, 2024: Gulfstream 695A (N965BC), San Bernardino, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s continued use of the airplane’s autopilot after flight into moderate to severe icing conditions, which resulted in an exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack and an… - [NTSB DCA24FA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA24FA143), Apr 3, 2024: Boeing 737-7CT (N567WN), Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico), no damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadvertent encounter with convectively induced turbulence from a broken line of embedded thunderstorms moving across the region. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the air… - [NTSB OPS24LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OPS24LA004), Oct 27, 2023: Airbus A321-271N (N216HA), Long Beach, CA, incident, no damage. Probable cause: The local controller’s poor judgment in prioritization of their ground traffic ahead of their airborne traffic, that became a distraction and led to a loss of situational awareness resulting in a… - [NTSB WPR23FA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23FA172), Apr 30, 2023: Cessna 172S (N575ND), Los Angeles, CA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance with the hilly terrain resulting from his loss of situational awareness due to the deteriorating weather conditions as he descended to approach his… - [NTSB WPR23FA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23FA092), Jan 18, 2023: Cessna 414 (N4765G), Modesto, CA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack and failure to maintain proper airspeed during a turn to final, resulting in an aerodynamic stall and subsequent impact with terrain.… - [NTSB DCA21FA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA21FA174), Jul 2, 2021: Boeing 737-275C (N810TA), Honolulu, HI, destroyed. Probable cause: The flight crewmembers’ misidentification of the damaged engine (after leveling off the airplane and reducing thrust) and their use of only the damaged engine for thrust during the remainder of the… - [NTSB CEN19LA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA039), Nov 30, 2018: Cessna 550 (N941JM), Fargo, ND, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to lower the flaps during the approach and maintain sufficient airspeed while flying in instrument meteorological and icing conditions and the accumulation of ice on the wings’… NTSB has coded findings and defining events since 2008; earlier cases used its older occurrence and cause codes and aren't counted. Findings: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings.md. Defining events: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events.md. Phases of flight: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases.md. Every investigation, filtered by finding, event, phase, state, year or model: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb.md (for example ?state=MI&fatal=1). NTSB's definitions: Accident and incident, 49 CFR 830.2 (https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-VIII/part-830/subpart-A/section-830.2), CICTT occurrence categories (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Documents/datafiles/OccurrenceCategoryDefinitions.pdf), CICTT phases of flight (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Documents/datafiles/PhaseofFlightDefinitions.pdf), and NTSB coding manual, before 2008 (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). NTSB publishes no definitions for its findings, only their names. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.